EDUCATION IN TARANAKI

Hawera Star, Volume LII, 18 November 1932, Page 3

EDUCATION IN TARANAKI

BOARD MEETING

ROUTINE BUSINESS

The monthly meeting of the Taranaki Education Board was held at Nev Plymouth on Wednesday. Air. J. A. Valentine, deputy- chairman, presided, and there were also present Dr. W. M. Thomson, Messrs J. C. Barclay, \\ r . B. Glasgow, W. H. Jones, J. McAllister, and H. Dempsey. The secretary notified that Mr. Barclay had been elected to the vacancy c-aused by the death, of All". A. Lees. i\lr. Barclay, was welcomed by the chairman and was appointed to the finance and building and the reserves committees...

STAFF CHANGES. The deputy-chairman reported having made the following relieving appointments: Mr. D. Gower, assistant, Opunake; Miss• M. Jackson, assistant, Fraser Road; Mr. F. . Miskely, assistant, Raekohna; Mr. C. Galbraith, sole teacher, Kohuratahi; Miss V. D. Pepper, assistant, Warea. Resignations, all to take effect from January 31, 1933, were accepted as follows: Mrs. FJ. C. O'Neill, sole teacher, Mangaliume; Miss G. Jurd, assistant. Central; Miss IC. L. King, infant mistress, Vogeltown; Miss E. A. Fisse'nden, assistant, Elthain; Miss D. Elliott, assistant, Urepui; M. C. Ford, sole teacher,. Makaliu. Leave of absence for various terms were granted as follow; Miss C: McGregor, assistant, Kapoiiga; Miss J. W. Allan, assistant, Pihama; Hiss E. A. Griffin, assistant, Waitara; Mr. R. H. Sinclair, assistant, Inglewood; Mr. M. Gray, relieving assistant, Manaia: Miss j" ' Wright, assistant, To Kiri; Mr. A. T. Honore, head teacher, Tvapiiiii; Mrs. E. C. O 'Neill, sole teacher, Mangahuine. GRANTS! FROM DEPART'MENT. In response to further representations from the board notification was received that the Education Department was prepared to contribute £IOO towards the cost of repairing the rcof of the brick school at Stratford. The board agreed to provide the.balance of the estimated cost from the maintenance fund.

ARCHITECT’S REPORT. The architect reported that the work of the new infants’ latrines at Stratford would be completed within a few days. A grant had been made towards the cost of a new roof covering on the main building. He had visited Hawera with Mr. J. A. Valentine and gone into the matter of levelling the sloping floors in three of the classrooms” at the Hawera- School. There was no doubt it would he to the advantage of the pupils and teachers to have the whole floor levelled. That had been the policy of the hoard and the floors were about the last with raised platforms; they had levelled a ryj-eat number during past yeais. The matter of desks also required serious consideration at the HaWera School; there were over 1 0 that should be leP,aC< FiNANCE AND BUILDING'.

The finance and buildings committee recommended that the question of approval for the felling ol trees on the Cardiff school ground be referred to the senior agriculture instructor for a report. MANUAL SUPERVISION.

The manual supervisor (Mr. D. Mackay) reported that the work in all centres luxcl proceeded steadily and satisfactorily. Most of the boys had completed the course laid down in the scheme and were now engaged on extra elective models. The cutting tools were being kept in good order, particularly by the older boys, who understood the necessity for keen tools in good working. Draw-ing work was usually very satisfactory, the principal difficulty experienced by the boys being the practical application;, of the notions of fractional parts. Better co-opera-tion between instructor and teacher would eliminate this difficulty. The pupils merit marks were being forwarded for consideration at the proficiency examination centres. The cookerv work for the month, had consisted at‘several centres mainly ol the principles of “invalid cookery, ■ and at least one of the instructresses had included a few; short lessons on home nursing and simple remedies. In oeneral, the year’s woi’k was well advanced and interest was being main tained. Notebooks were neatly kept and o-enernllv well illustrated. Opportunity to hold the instructresses’ conference had not vet presented itseJi. The Opunake centre proposed an exhibition of work for Decern oer 2 and a similar function was to he held at New' Plymouth. The manual and technical committee reported that the supervisor had stated that owing to the. increase ot numbers at Pembroke, Mahoe and Caidiff Schools the conveyance was inadequate, and in order to allow the pupils to complete the year he. had arranged for the pupils from two of the schools to attend each luidav. As the instructor had a free period, and as they could arrange for thenown material, no charge is to be made to the Hawera Technical High School Board of Governors for the conducting of the classes, in which twelve hoys are interested. , ' T , The editor of the School Journal notified the board that articles. dealing with bird protection would be nisei ted in the Journal as opportunity ottered. Invitations from the Opunake District High School Committee for members of the board to attend a gulden party at the school on December 2 and or the Kaimata committee to attend the opening of the new tennis courts at the school on November 27 were reC °Dr Thomson was authorised to represent the .board at the jubilee celebrations at the Whakamara school on Saturday.